​Sitting in the sun behind Cook Elementary School, Ireflect Payne looked quizzically at a long, yellow summer squash in her hand.
“What is this?” the pre-kindergartener called out.
“It’s a summer squash,” said Constance Hawkins, one of Ireflect’s teachers.
And just like that, Cook’s farmer’s market had done its job.

This school year, thousands of students in Delaware County relied on their schools for a free or reduced-price lunch.
At Muncie Community Schools alone, 4,017 were eating for free, according to Indiana Department of Education data. That leaves a big problem when school isn't in session, especially for students who aren't in summer camps or day care programs.

​To combat bullying in the Duval County Public Schools, all educators, faculty and frontline workers have undergone comprehensive training to ensure they could identify signs of bullying and know how to stop it.

In the past two years, Amarillo ISD in Texas has achieved a meal participation increase of more than 22 percent in its high schools, as well as a 30.5 percent lift in a la carte sales and “overwhelmingly positive” customer feedback, thanks to an initiative called Amarillo Balance Kitchen.

Fall Brook Elementary School second-grader Emiliani Mojica sat quietly enjoying a good book in her class on a recent Wednesday morning, as the students next to her shared some fun laughs and storytelling. There was a low key chatter throughout the room, while still more classmates worked on morning seat-work.
But, what has now become a regular routine in the classrooms at the school is that as the students work, they are also eating breakfast. This particular morning it included warm pancakes and fruit.

Lauren Stuart is all about getting students in Woodland Park excited about dining. As the food service director for the school district, she initiated a Junior Chef program two years ago, and students from kindergarten through eighth grade can participate.